If you visit Buenos Aires for more than a few days you’re probably going to want to cook a meal instead of eating out at some point, so you’re going to have to visit a grocery store to purchase ingredients. Personally, something I love doing in any country I visit, even if I’m not cooking, […]

We were thrilled to recently have the New Orleans based chef and food journalist behind the blog NOLAchef attend one of our food tours in Buenos Aires and write an article about it. She described the tour as “delicious, filling, exciting, intimate” and “All in all, a fabulous way to learn about the local food […]

Every tourist that comes to Buenos Aires will eventually eat at a café or restaurant in the city. There are a few differences, both procedural and culturally, between restaurants in my home country, the United States, and Argentina that are helpful to know however. 1) Please don’t wait to be seated – You know that […]

On our parrilla focused food tours here in Buenos Aires participants often ask us what the best restaurants in the city are outside of the parrilla category. Since I’m very interested in eating well, I make a point of trying out new restaurants regularly. The thing about the culinary scene here, is that compared to […]

Besides steak, one of the most traditional Argentine foods is empanadas. Almost every country in Latin America has their own version of the emapanda. In other parts of the world, similar filled pastry dough foods are called samosas in India or calzones in Italy. The tradition of making empanadas came to Argentina with Spanish immigrants, […]

Obviously Argentina is famous for its beef and most people that visit are anxious to try it. Before getting to a parrilla, which translates to steakhouse in English, it’s important to know the cuts of beef available and how to order the one you want, how you want it. On our Buenos Aires food tour […]

On our Buenos Aires food tours of parrillas (steakhouses) this is one most common questions we get. Many people think it’s an easy question and we’ll immediately say that such and such parrilla is by far the best. The truth is though; it’s not that easy since there is a variety of categories of them […]